LONDON SYMPHONY Portrait of an Orchestra by Hubert Foss and Noël Goodwin

Hardcover with dust jacket. Book with red covers and gilt lettering to spine, in good condition. First published in 1954 by The Naldrett Press, London with 263 pages and b/w photographs. Name and address of previous owner written on front end page. The d/j is shelf-rubbed and frayed around the edges. This is the authentic story of the evolution of a great Orchestra during the first fifty years of the 20th century. The story tells of music-making under great names: Richter and Nikisch, Weingartner and Mengelberg, Thomas Beecham, Josef Krips and many other. No shipping overseas.